Catholic Public Domain Version
"(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,) "
— Job 8:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”
“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); ”
“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)”
“For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.”
“(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow)”
“(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)”
“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.